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The Art of Editing

Course Details
  • Course Number CFC-2017-A
  • Day(s) TH
  • Dates Jun 06 - Aug 15
  • Hours 06:30PM - 09:30PM
  • Ceus 3.00
  • Cost 395.00
  • Additional Fees 75.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 380 2nd Ave

Description

This course will address the strategies and principles integral to the art of narrative filmmaking. It will examine the distinctive concepts, skills, processes and editing grammar essential to creative postproduction. Through lectures, screenings and shot-by-shot analysis, we will examine a wide-ranging group of motion-picture styles and the use of editing techniques that enhance them. A different topic will be explored weekly through films that include Edge Codes; All That Jazz; The Passion of Joan of Arc; The Wild Bunch; Jaws; 2001: A Space Odyssey; Koyannisqatsi; Man with a Movie Camera and Dog Star Man. In addition, we will discuss examples of editor/director collaborations of such editors as Dede Allen, Thelma Schoonmaker, Michael Kahn, Walter Murch and Pietro Scalia. Legendary works of editors responsible for the advancement of editing language and techniques will be examined in detail. This is an indispensable course for those newly trained in editing protocols and not yet experienced in the techniques of creative editing, as well as editors interested in learning more about their craft and cineastes interested in how films are made. Editing terms and handouts elaborating on subject matter will be distributed throughout the semester.

Instructor

Vincent LoBrutto

Film editor; author

Education:

BFA, School of Visual Arts

professional experience includes:

Editor, CinemaEditor

Books include:

By Design: Interviews With Film Production Designers; Martin Scorsese: A Biography; Selected Takes: Film Editors On Editing; Sound-On-Film: Interviews With Creators of Film Sound; Stanley Kubrick: A Biography; Principal Photography: Interviews With Feature Film Cinematographers; Gus Van Sant: His Own Private Cinema

Publications include:

MovieMaker, Films in Review, Film Quarterly, Cineaste, American Cinematographer

Award:

Robert Wise Award, American Cinema Editors

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Final Cut Pro

Course Details
  • Course Number CVC-2551-A
  • Day(s) M
  • Dates Jun 10 - Jul 15
  • Hours 06:00PM - 10:00PM
  • Ceus 2.00
  • Cost 460.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 209 East 23rd Street

Description


The key editing features of Apple Final Cut Pro, including compositing, titles, motion graphics capabilities and digital special effects, will be explored in this course. Students will edit assignments and complete exercises that address narrative structure, rhythm and pace in the editorial process. The grammar and aesthetics of editing in the visual storytelling process will be emphasized.
PREREQUISITE: A working knowledge of the Macintosh computer operating system.
NOTE: Lab time is included in the instructional hours; additional lab time is not available.

Instructor

Samuael Topiary

Filmmaker, video artist

Education:

BA, Wesleyan University; MFA, Bard College

Film projects include:

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus; Gum and Tea; Reeperbahn; Little Frankenstein; Momentum; Atalanta; The Odyssey; associate editor, Media Wars (Frontline, PBS), Valenica (Chapter 18)

Awards include:

MacDowell Colony; Experimental Television Center; Chicago International Film Festival; ARM Media Fellowship, Dance Theater Workshop

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Final Cut Pro

Course Details
  • Course Number CVC-2551-B
  • Day(s) T
  • Dates Jun 11 - Jul 16
  • Hours 06:00PM - 10:00PM
  • Ceus 2.00
  • Cost 460.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 209 East 23rd Street

Description


The key editing features of Apple Final Cut Pro, including compositing, titles, motion graphics capabilities and digital special effects, will be explored in this course. Students will edit assignments and complete exercises that address narrative structure, rhythm and pace in the editorial process. The grammar and aesthetics of editing in the visual storytelling process will be emphasized.
PREREQUISITE: A working knowledge of the Macintosh computer operating system.
NOTE: Lab time is included in the instructional hours; additional lab time is not available.

Instructor

Jesse Averna

Editor

Education:

BFA, School of Visual Arts

Film projects include:

Vanishing on 7th Street, Downtown Express

Television projects include:

Sesame Street, 62nd Annual Tony Awards, Johnny and the Sprites

Award:

Emmy Award

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Final Cut Pro

Course Details
  • Course Number CVC-2551-C
  • Day(s) F
  • Dates Jun 14 - Jul 26
  • Hours 12:00PM - 04:00PM
  • Ceus 2.00
  • Cost 460.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 209 East 23rd Street

Description


The key editing features of Apple Final Cut Pro, including compositing, titles, motion graphics capabilities and digital special effects, will be explored in this course. Students will edit assignments and complete exercises that address narrative structure, rhythm and pace in the editorial process. The grammar and aesthetics of editing in the visual storytelling process will be emphasized.
PREREQUISITE: A working knowledge of the Macintosh computer operating system.
NOTE: Lab time is included in the instructional hours; additional lab time is not available.

Instructor

Kamil Dobrowolski

Film editor, colorist, sound designer

Education:

BFA, School of Visual Arts

Credits include:

The Children of Fleeting Light; Side by Side; Larry Flynt: The Right to be Left Alone; Rise of the Dead; Insidious; The Robber Barons of Wall Street; Silent Truth

Clients include:

Verizon, Avaya

Film festival screenings include:

Docuweek; Full Frame; Queens; International Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam; Durango; Docfest; Ann Arbor; New York; Krakow; Melbourne; Film Columbia; Berlin; Tribeca; Hong Kong; Munich; Sydney; Maui

Awards and Honors include:

People's Voice Award, Webby; Best Short Film, Hoboken International Film Festival

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Advanced Final Cut Pro

Course Details
  • Course Number CVC-3046-A
  • Day(s) TH
  • Dates Jun 13 - Jul 25
  • Hours 06:00PM - 10:00PM
  • Ceus 2.00
  • Cost 460.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 209 East 23rd Street

Description

Dive into the features that make Apple Final Cut Pro a leading application for the film and television industries. Topics will be explored through hands-on studio sessions and discussions, and will include media management, project workflow, compositing, color correction, time remapping and multi-clip editing. We will also discuss how to use Final Cut Pro in conjunction with other applications, such as Motion, After Effects, Photoshop, Soundtrack Pro, Pro Tools and DVD Studio Pro, to create a multimedia hub across software applications.
PREREQUISITE: CVC-2551, Final Cut Pro, or equivalent.
NOTE: Lab time is included in the instructional hours; additional lab time is not available.

Instructor

Kamil Dobrowolski

Film editor, colorist, sound designer

Education:

BFA, School of Visual Arts

Credits include:

The Children of Fleeting Light; Side by Side; Larry Flynt: The Right to be Left Alone; Rise of the Dead; Insidious; The Robber Barons of Wall Street; Silent Truth

Clients include:

Verizon, Avaya

Film festival screenings include:

Docuweek; Full Frame; Queens; International Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam; Durango; Docfest; Ann Arbor; New York; Krakow; Melbourne; Film Columbia; Berlin; Tribeca; Hong Kong; Munich; Sydney; Maui

Awards and Honors include:

People's Voice Award, Webby; Best Short Film, Hoboken International Film Festival

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Avid Editing

Course Details
  • Course Number CVC-3052-A
  • Day(s) M
  • Dates Jun 10 - Jul 29
  • Hours 06:00PM - 10:00PM
  • Ceus 3.00
  • Cost 520.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 209 East 23rd Street

Description


For features, commercials, documentaries and television, Avid is the preferred editing system of many filmmakers. Using Media Composer software, this course will examine the principles, terms and concepts of random-access digital editing. Students will work with the Avid system to edit assignments and exercises that address editorial and narrative structure, rhythm and pace.
PREREQUISITE: A working knowledge of the Macintosh computer operating system.
NOTE: Lab time is included in the instructional hours; additional lab time is not available.

Instructor

Lynn Vance

Editor, WNET/Thirteen, The Outpost, Lifetime Television, Fox

Education:

MFA, Syracuse University

Independent videos include:

About Seven Months, A Gray Shaded Area, A Broad-Minded Show, Nine Mile Point

Screenings include:

New Music Festival, Philadelphia; Tokyo Video Festival; New York City Experimental Video and Film Festival; Magnetic Image 7; American Film Institute

Awards include:

Emmy, ACE Award

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Avid Editing

Course Details
  • Course Number CVC-3052-B
  • Day(s) T
  • Dates Jun 11 - Jul 30
  • Hours 12:00PM - 04:00PM
  • Ceus 3.00
  • Cost 520.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 209 East 23rd Street

Description


For features, commercials, documentaries and television, Avid is the preferred editing system of many filmmakers. Using Media Composer software, this course will examine the principles, terms and concepts of random-access digital editing. Students will work with the Avid system to edit assignments and exercises that address editorial and narrative structure, rhythm and pace.
PREREQUISITE: A working knowledge of the Macintosh computer operating system.
NOTE: Lab time is included in the instructional hours; additional lab time is not available.

Instructor

Robert Burgos

Owner, editor, Full Circle Post NYC

Education:

BA, MA, New York Institute of Technology

Editing projects include:

Killing in the Name; Freakonomics; Lidia’s Italy; 12th & Delaware; Teddy: In His Own Words

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Introduction to Pro Tools

Course Details
  • Course Number CVC-3157-A
  • Day(s) T
  • Dates Jun 11 - Jul 30
  • Hours 06:00PM - 10:00PM
  • Ceus 3.00
  • Cost 520.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 209 East 23rd Street

Description

Digital audio workstations are here to stay. Computers make sound track production easy and inexpensive. Pro Tools is the leading software in sound production. This course will demonstrate how to digitize dialogue, create sound effects, foleys and music, and how to synchronize these sound elements with images. The uses of digital effects and equalizers, to balance and improve sound quality, will also be covered. In addition to hands-on projects, sound production examples from documentaries, features and commercials will be screened and discussed.
PREREQUISITE: A working knowledge of the Macintosh computer operating system.
NOTE: Lab time is included in the instructional hours; additional lab time is not available.

Instructor

Paul Goodrich

Sound designer; mixer; owner, Merlin Studios

Films include:

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Bunny, Artists of Hell's Kitchen, Quality of Mercy, God has a Rap Sheet, Diary of a Young Girl, Jerky Boys II

Clients include:

MTV, ABC, Sony, Moby, Scholastic, Capitol Records, Random House, Bantam Doubleday Dell, Sci-Fi Channel, Time Warner, Lucasfilm Ltd.

Awards and honors include:

Grammy, Gold Record, Platinum Record, Academy Award

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